Toy washing machine



March 1932- I J. RKEBIAENSCHNEIDE-E'R 1,848,027

TOY WASHING MACHINE Filed June 16 1931 5Q TTTT RNEV 7 in which the pounders are operated by a Patented Man], 1932 I,

' vireo STATES JOHN RIEMENSGHNEIDER, OF MckEEsPoRT, rnlvivsmvam 'rOY WASHING MACHINE Application filed June 16,

My present invention has reference to a usefullbut amusing toy for children, and my object is theprovision of actoy in the nature of a. miniature motor operated clothes washer, in which the vacuum pounders are given the same vertical reciprocatory movement as that imparted to the pounders of regular or full sized washing machines, but

spring cam on the drive shaft of a clockwork, the said cam being in the nature of an elliptically wound spring, the shaft for the pounders resting upon' said spring will, by

its weight, partly compress the spring while the outer end of the spring will impart a kick ing action against the shaft as the shaft rides off of the said spring.

To the attainment of theforegoing the invention consists in the improvement hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is an approximately central vertical longitudinal sectional view through the improvement.

Figure 2 is a top plan view.

Figure 3 is a detail side elevation of the cam spring.

The device is preferably constructed of stamped cheap metal in order to reduce the selling price thereof. However, any desired material may be employed inthe construetion of the improvement.

The device includes a hollow base 1 that afiords a housing for a clockwork 2. The clockwork is of the usual construction and,

therefore, has not been illustrated nor is it.

deemed necessary to describe the parts constituting the same. Thisspring is wound by a handle 3'that projects through the housing 1, and the driven shaft 4 of the clockwork has fixed on its outer end a spirally wound or cam spring 5. a 1 V v To one side or edge at the top of the housing 1 there is hinged, as at 6, a shelf 7 and to the outer end of the shelf there is pivot-- 1 ally secured the straight end 8 of a support 9. The second or free end of the support is notched, as at 10, and the said notched portion is. designed to engage with the;

outer wall of the housing 1 when the 193 1. Serial No. 544,913 r g p shelf 'is in horizontalposition; The support 1 9 has itsnotched end received through a vertically arranged elongated" opening 11- of thehousing so that the shelf, when the notched end of the support is moved out of 7 contact with the wall ofthehousing may be swung against the side or end of the said housing and thus offer no projection when the shelf is not required for use. When in use the shelf is designed to contain thereon 60 a clothes basket or tub 12.

Secured upon the flat top of the housing 1 there is the tub 13 of the improvement.

The tub is normally closed by a hinged and flanged cover 14 and is provided with a han die or knob 15 to permit of the opening or closing of the said cover. 7

1 In and extending through the-bottom of j the tub and the top of the housing 1 there is a vertically arranged tube 16. The tube terminates a suitable distance away from the top of the tub 13 and has received therein and provides a guide fora shaft 17 whose lower end rests on the cam spring 5. The

top of the shaft has fixed thereon a spider.-

provided with depending legs 18 on each of Whose lower ends there is fixed a vacuum pounder 19. i

7 When the spring is wound the shaft 5 will be turned in the direction of the arrows disown weight and the weight added thereto by the spider and the-vacuum pounders.

c The tub13 if desired may have at its outer end a water outlet pipe 20 that is normally closed-by a plug 21 but the device being small in size will permit of the child draining water from the tub by merely tilting the bottom of the tub. V I i v The toy is of an'extremely simple nature and will attract the'interest and afiord amusement to the child possessing the same and it, m

is thought the foregoing will fully and clearly set forth the construction and advantages thereof to those skilled in the art to which the invention relates so that further detailed description Will not be required.

Having described the invention, I claim:

In a toy washing machine, a tub having a tube therein, a shaft in the tube having a spider on the outer end thereof to which are fixed vacuum pounders or the like, a clock- Wvork, a shaft driven by the clockwork and a spirally wound spring on the shaft on which the lower end of the pounder shaft rests and which, by its weight, partly compresses the spring and the said spring designed to exert, upon expansion, a picking action against the rod as the said rod rides 05 of the outer end of said spring.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOHN RIEMENSGHNEIDER. 

